{"id":89151,"date":"2025-08-24T08:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T08:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/89151\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T08:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T08:26:08","slug":"your-freeview-tv-is-changing-act-now-or-miss-out-on-a-major-channel-shake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/89151\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Freeview TV is changing – act now or miss out on a major channel shake-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freeview is shaking things up with a swathe of channel changes coming to UK homes – retune your screen now.\"FreeviewFreeview TV (Image: FREEVIEW)<\/p>\n

It’s been a little while since Freeview made any major updates to its TV channels, but that’s just changed. The popular telly platform has just confirmed a major shake-up which includes a number of channels launching, switching positions and some shutting their doors for good.<\/p>\n

Freeview confirmed in a blog post that “on 20th August 2025, some broadcasters are making changes to their channels. “<\/p>\n

So what’s new? Firstly, there are the new things to watch which include That\u2019s Oldies on channel 75, Hobbycraft TV on channel 97 and Pop Max on channel 212.<\/p>\n

Then there are the services that are moving and changing name. That\u2019s Melody was on channel 75 but is now available via channel 76.<\/p>\n

Names that are changing include That\u2019s Summer which is now called That\u2019s Rock MCR, That\u2019s Dance MCR becomes That\u2019s Oldies MCR and CNA turns into CNA Originals.<\/p>\n

Lastly, there are those annoying closures. Four channels, including That\u2019s Dance, Pop+1, Moochi, and Shots!, are being switched off.<\/p>\n

Freeview is now urging its users to check their settings and perform a retune if they don’t see the changes.<\/p>\n

“You will need to retune to update your TV and keep your channels and TV Guide up to date,” the TV platform said in a post on its blog page.<\/p>\n

“Channels are constantly evolving on Freeview with individual channels making the decision to move, add or remove channels. Freeview continues to ensure that audiences can enjoy a rich and varied content.”<\/p>\n

Freeview has issued advice on how to retune devices, and here are the steps every user needs to follow.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Press menu on your box or TV remote control<\/p>\n

\u2022 Select \u2018set-up\u2019, \u2018installation\u2019, \u2018update\u2019 or a similar option. If you\u2019re asked for a password, the default code is \u20181234\u2019 or \u20180000\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Select \u2018first-time installation\u2019 (sometimes called \u2018factory reset\u2019, \u2018full retune\u2019 or \u2018default settings\u2019).<\/p>\n

Press \u2018OK\u2019 if your equipment asks if it’s OK to delete existing channels and then your retune should start automatically. If you\u2019re prompted to, save the channels that are found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freeview is shaking things up with a swathe of channel changes coming to UK homes – retune your…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,44580,44579,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-89151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-freeview","tag-national-arts-centre","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}